Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director

Joined: August 6, 2020
Articles: 119
Comments: 3

A group of people walk away from the camera down a gravel road through light green and darker green sagebrush. The Sierra Nevadas sit in a cloudy sky.

Tioga Inn indecision

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
August 14, 2020

Woman stands at a podium in a hearing room with socially distanced chairs and people sitting at computers with the United States and California flags.

Tioga Inn project: Changes get disappointing grades before upcoming hearing

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
August 4, 2020

This Thursday, August 6, at 10:00am the Mono County Board of Supervisors will conduct a final hearing on the Tioga Inn project. After a lengthy hearing in June the Board gave the developer and staff direction to bring back significant…

Two california gulls standing on top of a tufa mound with a reflective lake in the background.

California Gulls return to nest on Mono Lake islet after prescribed burn

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
July 19, 2020

A group of about 12 people wearing cool-weather jackets walking on a dirt road near the site of the Tioga Inn development project.

Mono County Supervisors tackle the big picture on Tioga Inn, direct major fixes

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
July 1, 2020

Shoreline of Mono Lake looking west towards the Sierra Nevada with tufa towers reflecting on the glassy lake and the sky is pink, purple, and blue.

An open letter regarding the Tioga Inn

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
June 24, 2020

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Tioga Inn project threatens Mono Lake views and creates harmful impacts for the Lee Vining community, Mono County, and the gateway to Yosemite National Park

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As decision on Tioga Inn project nears, public input is still key

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
February 27, 2020

Wildland firefighters walking across rocky dry brush with flames and smoke rising against the backdrop of Mono Lake and the Sierra Nevada.

A burning solution to the Bassia problem

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
February 21, 2020

Lots of dry brown low brush with scattered green brush fill the foreground, a black volcanic cone can be seen in the distance before mountains in the far distance, scattered white clouds are in a blue sky.

Invasive weed threatens nesting habitat of Mono Lake’s California Gulls

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Bartshé, Eastern Sierra Policy Director
December 13, 2019

Tioga Inn development proposes significant adverse impacts: Inadequate DSEIR prompts strong public response to Mono County

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